A review by sersi
Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese

2.0

Like a lot of the books I read, I found this via Kindle sample. Obviously, I liked the Kindle sample—it was, at the very least, mildly amusing. Alas, the full book never really managed to move beyond that and as I've often found with the whole lolz-it’s the religious apocalypse/alien invasion/zombie apocalypse/etc. genre (outside of Hitchhiker’s and select others), this usually leads to swiftly diminishing returns. Mercury Falls wasn't bad, it just failed to make me emotionally invested in the characters, plot, or even world. It also didn't really make me laugh. And while the problems with this might not be super evident in a short, 20-ish page Kindle sample, over the course of 300+ pages, it gets boring and then torturous and then you’re trying to power your way through the last 15% while watching Netflix just so you can say you finished.

So, yeah, Mercury Falls really wasn't my thing, although your mileage may vary. Humor is weird.